“Like many people, she was taken in by his lies,” they said. “As soon as she was aware of the extent of the allegations against him, she not only cut off contact but condemned him publicly, to the extent that he then threatened to sue her for defamation for associating him with paedophilia.
“She does not resile from anything she said then. This email was sent in the context of advice the Duchess was given to try to assuage Epstein and his threats.”

That said, the extent of the irreparable damage done to their respective reputations becomes more obvious with each passing week. With plenty more pieces to the entire Epstein story yet to come into play, who knows what the field will look like in a year’s time.
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